Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, from World War I to Iraq

Marc Notes: First pub. in the UK by Frances Lincoln Limited, 2006. Review Quotes: One of Zlata s gifts lies in throwing a human light on intolerable events. ("San Francisco Chronicle") Review Quotes: One of Zlatas gifts lies in throwing a human light on intolerable events. ("San Francisco Chronicle") Review Quotes: One of Zlataas gifts lies in throwing a human light on intolerable events. ("San Francisco Chronicle") Review Quotes: One of Zlata's gifts lies in throwing a human light on intolerable events. ("San Francisco Chronicle") Biographical Note: Zlata Filipovic wrote her diary between September 1991 and October 1993. Following its publication, she was awarded the Special Child of Courage Award by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. She and her family left Sarajevo in December of 1993, and used the proceeds from the book to launch a charity for child victims of the Bosnian war. Table of Contents: ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Zlata FilipovicIntroduction by Melanie ChallengerWorld War I, 1914-18Piete Kuhr, Germany, 1914-18 (12-16 years old) World War II, 1939-45Nina Kosterina, Russia, 1936-41 (15-20 years old) Inge Pollak, Austria/United Kingdom, 1939-42 (12-15 years old) William Wilson, New Zealand, 1941 (21 years old) Hans Stauder, Germany, 1941 (21 years old) Sheila Allan, Singapore, 1941-45 (17-21 years old) Stanley Hayami, United States, 1942-44 (17-19 years old) Holocaust, 1939-45Yitskhok Rudashevski, Lithuania, 1940-42 (13-15 years old) Clara Schwarz, Poland, 1942-44 (15-17 years old) Vietnam War, 1964-73Ed Blanco, United States, 1967-68 (19-20 years old) Balkans War, 1991-95Zlata Filipovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991-93 (11-13 years old) Second Intifada, 2000-Shiran Zelikovich, Israel, 2002 (15 years old) Mary Masrieh Hazboun, Palestine, 2002-4 (17-19 years old) Iraq War, 2003-Hoda Thamir Jehad, Iraq, 2003-4 (18-19 years old) GlossaryPublisher Marketing: From the author of the international bestseller Zlata's Diary comes a haunting testament to how war's brutality affects the lives of young people, spanning from World War I to the war in Iraq that continues today. Review Citations: Booklist 12/01/2006 pg. 13 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2007 pg. 119 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 916 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1102 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 11/20/2006 pg. 53 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 543 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 658 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) Multicultural Review 06/01/2007 pg. 60 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) Library Journal 12/01/2006 pg. 141 (EAN 9780143038719, Paperback) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Filipovic, Zlata Vidosav Stevanovic has written more than ten novels and won the Nin prize, Serbia's most prestigious literary award. Zlata Filipovic is the author of "Zlata's Diary," her account of life in Sarajevo during the war. Contributor Bio:  Challenger, Melanie Melanie Challenger's first collection of poems, Galatea (Salt Publishing: 2006), received the Society of Authors' Eric Gregory Award and nomination for the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection. She is Creative Fellow at the Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity at University College London, and Associate Artist at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy. She lives in the Scottish highlands. Contributor Bio:  Otunnu, Olara A Otunnu is President of the International Peace Academy